|
Home
Brief History
Family Life
Public Life
Authority
Jeremaid
Discourse
Bibliography
| |
The Puritans lived in villages that consisted of four city blocks.
Within these villages, relatives were placed together. The Puritan families consisted of husband, wife and children.
The Puritan family was considered the basic unit of society in which the
mother and the father had specific tasks. The
husband was in charge of his wife and he had all of the authority within the
house. He was to provide needs of
the household, love and protect his family and teach his children about life
which revolved around God. The Puritans family life consisted largely of farming.
Both the men and women contributed to this way of life by planting and
weeding from day to day. Even though the majority of men were ministers, their professional
trade also consisted of a variety of other tasks. The females in the family were weavers, candle
makers. The women also tended to the garden, helped in the fields, and cut wood.
In addition, the Puritan women bought metal,
books, and cloth from barters for the family necessities.
Since God was the most important part in the Puritans life, prayer was a
major part of their daily lives. The
Puritan families meditated and prayed before sleep at night, upon rising in the
morning, on Saturdays, and at services.
They also found it necessary to record their spiritual experience in
diaries. Through their diaries, the Puritans
lived their daily lives; around God and his plan.
|